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When late-blooming petty criminal John Lindow feels the noose begin to tighten, he decides to make a speedy exit from his Cumbria home and flee to Spain. Rather than heading for the ‘Costa del Crime’ the resourceful loner travels inland to seek his fortune and improve his language skills. As he blazes a trail of delinquency from Alicante to Asturias our self-educated anti-hero always finds time to see the sights, before pressing on to inflict further distress on his unsuspecting victims. On becoming entangled with international malefactors, however, the stakes suddenly become much ...

FROM THE FOREWORD BY MILLIE STEVENTON My Uncle Stan was a grumpy man when he began to write to me from Spain and he can’t be said to have mellowed much with age. This book contains only his letters to me, as his old-school habit of always referring to my missives removes the need to include my supportive, and sometimes censorious, replies which possess little of the descriptive power and mostly unintentional humour of his own copious correspondence. In a way I suppose that in the last few years I have been his only constant and empathic contact with the rest of humanity and this first ...

Mitos, curiosidades y noches tristes. Premoniciones, acciones valientes, errores tácticos y osadas decisiones. Descubre la serie de hechos increíbles que en 1521 desencadenó uno de los sucesos más épicos y determinantes en la historia: la caída de Tenochtitlan, la «Venecia del Nuevo Mundo» y el gran imperio mexica a manos de Hernán Cortés.

This is how absence begins: "Amaia. Amaia, it's me, Mikel. Listen, I have to... I have to leave before they find me. I'm going to do something bad, really bad. Not even you can save me this time. Please, forgive me. Forgive me and don't come. Don't call the police. Don't trust anyone. And, above all, don't play their game. Don't play their..." Anne was eighteen when she disappeared in the early hours of the night of San Juan in 2008, amidst fireworks, bonfires, music, and revelry, after a heated argument with her boyfriend Mikel. Ten years have passed, and Anne's disappearance remains a ...

En este libro, que abarca desde los caníbales de Atapuerca hasta el talante del presidente Zapatero, no he pretendido escribir la historia que escribiría el pueblo, ya que el pueblo es ágrafo por naturaleza, sino, más bien, una historia de España contada para escépticos que no creen en la historia de España. No pretendo que sea veraz, justa y desapasionada, porque ninguna historia lo es, pero por lo menos intentaré que no mienta ni tergiverse a sabiendas, que ya es un propósito sobradamente ambicioso en los tiempos que corren.

Fortunate Isle is a story to delight readers young and old. It tells of 1960, a special time in the author's life when at 18, he explores what the world has to offer, unaccompanied and far from home. His stories make Buenavista del Norte, a 15th century village in Tenerife, sparkle like the sunlit sea. There are moments of amusement and confusion, of achievements and setbacks as this young man, initially speaking no Spanish, becomes part of a close-knit community unused to strangers. He wins the confidence of a matriarch who runs the small inn that he found the very day he arrived. His ...

In July 1776 a pair of Franciscan friars, Francisco Atanasio Dominguez and Silvestre Velez de Escalante, were charged by the governor of New Mexico with discovering a route across the unknown Southwest to the new Spanish colony in California. They had other goals as well, some of them secret: converting the indigenous natives along the way to the true faith, discovering a semi-mythical paradise known as Teguayo, hunting for sources of gold and silver, and paving the way for Spanish settlements from Santa Fe to Monterey. In strict terms, the expedition failed.

Quinta entrega de la policía nacional Diana Dávila. En un pequeño pueblo del norte de España, y de manera misteriosa, deja de funcionar la electricidad. El fenómeno no solo afecta a la electricidad de la red, sino también a pilas, baterías, móviles, vehículos y cualquier tipo de maquinaria, convirtiéndolos en simples objetos decorativos. La policía investiga una serie de hechos relacionados con el inusual apagón: el asesinato del dueño de un bar, la violación de una joven y el suicidio del párroco local. El gobierno, ante esta situación inexplicable, envía agentes del ...

Han pasado ya cuarenta años del primer triunfo del Partido Socialista Obrero Español en unas elecciones generales (octubre de 1982) y de la llegada al poder de un joven abogado sevillano, Felipe González, que en 2022 ha cumplido ochenta años. Un tal González narra un momento crucial de la historia de España, la transición, siguiendo el hilo biográfico de su gran protagonista.

Unos crímenes relacionados con los cuentos de hadas sacuden a una pequeña población. Solo una inspectora, que nació en el pueblo, puede entender qué está pasando. En 1960, Gretel, una niña de nueve años, regresa a su casa después de jugar con unas amigas en el parque. Para su sorpresa, no están ni su madre ni su abuelo ni su hermano. Nunca aparecieron y, pasado el tiempo estipulado por ley, las autoridades los declaran oficialmente muertos. Treinta años después debe volver, ahora como inspectora de policía, para investigar una serie de crímenes relacionados con los cuentos de ...

¿Otro libro sobre la guerra civil? Pues sí, otro, pero con una diferencia: no confunde con datos innecesarios y relata lo ocurrido en aquellos tres años de locura homicida sin catequizar sobre quiénes eran los buenos y quiénes eran los malos. No es una novela, porque todo lo que cuenta ocurrió (incluso las menudas historias que espantan o que mueven a risa), pero se oye como una novela y pretende instruir deleitando.

FINDING MY FEET is the second instalment of THE RELUCTANT EXPAT, Alan Laycock’s light-hearted account of his life in Spain. Part Three of Alan’s story is now also available.

A gripping narrative history of Spain’s most brilliant and troubled literary family - a tale about the making of art, myth, and legacy - set against the upheaval of the Spanish Civil War and beyond.

Ameno y revelador ensayo divulgativo sobre la historia de esta interesante y poco conocida cultura prerromana desde sus oscuros orígenes hasta su fin tras la lucha entre romanos y cartagineses.

Introducing the Ultimate Guide to Rebooting Your Life in Spain! Are you ready to take control and embark on the adventure of a lifetime? Dive into "Rebooting in Spain," a comprehensive and engaging guide that will provide you with all the knowledge and resources needed for a seamless transition into Spanish life. This eBook is meticulously designed to be your indispensable companion, equipping you with vital information that covers a wide range of aspects of life in Spain. It all begins with an in-depth look into the Spanish culture, making you feel right at home while you soak up ...

El mejor Esparza regresa al ensayo histórico para recuperar y contarnos nuestra historia, que no es otra que la de aquellos que, antes de nosotros, construyeron este país. La historia de España es inmensamente rica. Su lenguaje, su cultura y sus gentes son universales. En este libro, José Javier Esparza hace un recorrido completo y épico por ella para viajar a través de todas las épocas y conocer sus grandes personajes y acontecimientos.

From the author of 'Barry Braithwaite's Last Life', 'Upcote and Smythe', 'Caveman' and more, a hilarious blow-by-blow account of the life of an expatriate Englishman. Ernest Postlethwaite was a man embarking on a new life. No longer for him the routine and drudgery of the commuter. The first part of Ernest Postlethwaite's groundbreaking journal charters the course of a man on a mission to achieve cultural and linguistic integration in a small village in southern Spain. This unadulterated manuscript will bring tears to the eyes of the most hard-hearted among us, as we follow his footsteps ...

In the sixteenth century, the Spaniards became the first nation in history to have worldwide reach; across most of Europe to the Americas, the Philippines, and India. Goodwin tells the story of Spain and the Spaniards, from great soldiers like the Duke of Alba to literary figures and artists such as El Greco, Velázquez, Cervantes, and Lope de Vega, and the monarchs who ruled over them.

CLIVE AND KEN, REMOVAL MEN is a humorous and touching tale about two friends who are reunited in Spain after over thirty years apart. Ken Bradshaw and Clive Ogden, alias Oglethorpe, were two teenagers in Ramsbottom when Clive was whisked off to prison, wrongly accused of pinching old Mrs Sutcliffe’s jewellery. Thirty-odd years later, Clive, now an art and antiques dealer, feels a burning desire to give his old mate a call, not least because he believes Ken to be the owner of a flourishing van rental business. Clive invites his long-lost pal to fly over to visit him in Spain, a meeting ...

STAYING PUT is an account of one Englishman’s battle to secure his future in Spain. Jack Birtwell, a sprightly sixty-year-old from Accrington, Lancashire, is due to retire in 2019 and hopes that his poor pension prospects won’t force him to sell his beloved house in Spain and return to England to live out his days. When Brian, his friend and employer, is forced to lay him off from his part-time building job his dilemma becomes even more acute. After racking his brains and those of his closest friends for money-making ideas, he thinks he has come up with a solution. It will put paid to ...